Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Offers a personal record of the author's north-east London home in which he has lived for forty years. This documentary fiction seeks to capture the spirit of place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141012742
- ISBN
- 9780141012742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
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Paperback. When a group of international activists arrive on the Faroe Islands, intent on stopping the traditional whale hunts, tensions between islanders and protestors run high. And when a woman is found viciously murdered only hours after a violent confrontation, the circumstances seem purposely designed to increase animosity between the two sides. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783297061
- ISBN
- 9781783297061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.08
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€ 9.08
Paperback. There was no doubt Bella Parkinson was a success: the most promising actress in London, bright, sexy - and hopelessly scatterbrained - she was taking the town by storm. Rupert Henriques, dashingly handsome and wealthy enough to buy her every theatre in London if she wanted it, couldn't wait to marry her.. But Bella had a secret in her past. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552152501
- ISBN
- 9780552152501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
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paperback. Marcelo, a humble clerk in a Barcelona office who might have come from a novel by Kafka, inhibits a world peopled by characters in literature. He once wrote a novel about the impossibility of love, but since then he has written nothing and a mental trauma has meant that he has been unable to put pen to paper; he has become a 'Bartleby'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099453727
- ISBN
- 9780099453727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
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Paperback. Allyson Jaymes has it all - celebrity, power, and a glamorous marriage. Until her world is destroyed by the bitterest betrayal of all: her husband's explosive affair with her 19-year-old assistant, Tessa Dukes. Tessa's ambitions burn fiercely. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099534358
- ISBN
- 9780099534358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
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€ 17.53
Paperback. The stunning new look for David Park Heartbreaking story of tragedy and of the past catching up with a father in modern-day Northern Ireland Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. 256 pages. The stunning new look for David Park Heartbreaking story of tragedy and of the past catching up with a father in modern-day Northern Ireland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 172.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747599272
- ISBN
- 9780747599272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
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Paperback. A warmhearted funny novel that explores the secret lives of women - from the ages of 15 to 85.. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780720401
- ISBN
- 9781780720401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
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€ 10.10
Paperback. Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and gain his revenge? Editor(s): Spengemann, William C. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390827
- ISBN
- 9780140390827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.18
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€ 10.18
paperback. Covers seven stories including "Errand", in which the author imagines the death of Chekhov, a writer whom the author hugely admired and to whose work his own was often compared. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099530350
- ISBN
- 9780099530350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
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€ 9.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 114 x 26. Weight in Grams: 181. 8vo Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam USA
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KEX0262873
- ISBN
- 9780553569087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A rich and suggestive work which contrasts the middle-aged disillusion of Professor St Peter with his memories of his favourite student, the brilliant explorer and inventor Tom Outland Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844083763
- ISBN
- 9781844083763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Paperback. A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread-shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy, Good to very good
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KST0015938
- ISBN
- 9780340935668
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread-shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRF0023352
- ISBN
- 9780340935668
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. * Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition, all Jews are to be exiled from Spain. Orphaned Yonah manages to stay and learn physician's skills from a mentor. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 109 x 33. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751530629
- ISBN
- 9780751530629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.74
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€ 11.74
Paperback. High up in the Conrad Flats that loom bleakly over Acton, two future stars of the literary scene - or so they assume - are hard at work, tapping out words of wit and brilliance between ill-paid jobs writing captions for the Cat Calendar 1985 and blurbs for trashy novels with titles like Brothel of the Vampire. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571311286
- ISBN
- 9780571311286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
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€ 9.91
Hardback. Harry, a young writer, is commissioned to write a biography to revitalise both Mamoon's career and his bank balance. Harry greatly admires Mamoon's work and wants to uncover the truth of the artist's life. Harry's publisher seeks a more naked truth, a salacious tale of sex and scandal that will generate headlines. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 530. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KSG0016196
- ISBN
- 9780571277520
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170519
- ISBN
- 9781590170519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.23
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€ 22.23
Paperback. Polly Penhalligan is outraged at the suggestion that since getting married to Nick and settling into their beautiful manor farmhouse in Cornwall she has let herself go. But watching a lot of telly and gorging on biscuits, not getting dressed until lunchtime and waiting for pregnancy to strike are not the signs of someone living an active life. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241958292
- ISBN
- 9780241958292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
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Paperback. In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, a twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, pursued by the constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552776578
- ISBN
- 9780552776578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
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Paperback. Compares the relation of biography to fiction and history and explores several writers' lives in connection with their works. This book incorporates different ways in which biographies, memoirs, diaries and autobiographies can be discussed. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844137466
- ISBN
- 9781844137466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.63
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€ 16.63
Paperback. Hilarious, heartwarming chick lit perfect for your beach bag, by bestselling author Chrissie Manby. Series: Proper Family. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473615366
- ISBN
- 9781473615366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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€ 10.87
Paperback. Tom Carey is a priest in crisis. God's good world has curdled and the Church is beset by scandal. He is haunted by the face of a woman he once secretly loved. Abandoning his comfortable parish he buries himself in the post of Port Chaplain on a busy river, but soon finds himself caught up in the murky world of international people-smuggling. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422150
- ISBN
- 9780099422150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
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Paperback. In Sawgamet, a gold mining village gone bust, the cold of winter breaks the glass of the schoolhouse thermometer and the dangers of working in the cuts are overshadowed by the mysteries and magic lurking in the woods. On the eve of his mother's funeral, Stephen, a priest, sits to write her eulogy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099549260
- ISBN
- 9780099549260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
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Paperback. Kim Rees became a translator for the glamorous jet-set lifestyle. So, five years later, she's not quite sure how she ended up in a basement flat in Cardiff translating German computer games in her dressing gown. Fortunately, her mother has a plan to extract her from her marshmallowy rut: a trip to the magical isle of Capri. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 34. Weight in Grams: 260. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- ARROW
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Arrow Book Edition
- SKU
- KEX0230747
- ISBN
- 9780099414933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99